Sir Michael Gambon was awarded the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution by an actor to British film.
BBC: Broken wins top prize at British Independent Film Awards
And they keep on coming: Judi Dench, Ian McKellen and Michael Gambon too.
But that is to sleight the contributions of Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent and so many others.
"I used to joke with friends - I'd look in my diary and Monday morning would be Derek Jacobi and Monday afternoon would be Michael Gambon, " he said.
His other production credits include TV film The Wind in the Willows, which was voiced by the likes of Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Gambon, Michael Palin and Alan Bennett.
Such was the predicament of the Duke of York (Colin Firth), when his father, George V (Michael Gambon), expired, and his brother, the feckless Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), relinquished the throne.
"You get praise for some things you do, and for others you get kicked in the teeth, " said the actress, who received her prize from friend and sometime co-star Sir Michael Gambon.
The once-in-a-lifetime cast includes Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Jeremy Northam, and Charles Dance as the swells, and Helen Mirren, Eileen Atkins, Alan Bates, Clive Owen, and Emily Watson as the servants.
They include the device, entertaining and annoying in equal measure, of periodic appearances by Michael Gambon as Julia's long-dead acting teacher, who keeps reminding her that the only reality is the theater, and anything else is fantasy.
This is not to suggest the Bard of Hogwarts is up there with the Bard of Avon, only that her words turn into music coming out of the mouths of such performers as Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane and Miranda Richardson.
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